An Organized Move

We're moving! Yikes! I haven't done that in 16 years!!!
So I turned to My Super Smart Network of Friends for advice on the best way to tackle this crazy thing.
Here's the advice that they gave me.
Begin packing the least important things first and number the boxes as you go, labeling each one for the room it's going into at the new place.

Keep a list of the boxes, by number, with notes about what room it goes to and what's in it. I just went with general info. I don't have time to be too specific.

And then pack your little heart out. Because a LOT of stuff accumulates in 16 years.

I'm also keeping all the important items pertaining to the move in a 3 ring binder. I keep that and the packing supplies all together so I can be prepared to pack whenever I get a few minutes to spare. I know exactly where to find this paper or that paper (Oh the paperwork involved in selling and buying a house!! oy!!) at a moment's notice.

The idea behind this system of packing is that I will pack the most important stuff from each room last, so those boxes will have the highest numbers. When we get all the boxes distributed to the rooms in the new house, we'll know that the boxes within that room with the highest numbers are most important and should be unpacked first. And if we are desperately searching for one specific thing, the list should help us locate it.

I'll let you  know how it works out in a few weeks. ;)

I've purposely put off packing any of Jaxon's things yet. I was afraid he'd be in a panic about being without his toys till we move. But now he's seeing me pack up everything else and beginning to panic that we aren't taking his toys. LOL So I guess I'll start packing up his things in the next day or two.

Did you notice that most of the boxes so far are marked "Craft Room"? 

In my defense, I'm marking all boxes of home decor for the craft room. I figure that's a good place to land them all till we decide where we want things to go. Not that there isn't a lot of actual craft room stuff. Ha! But not quite as much as the pictures might make it seem.

Speaking of the craft room... here's a sneak peak at the new one! 

It will be used exclusively for my ~CREATIVE~ space. Hooray!!! I can't wait!!! I already have big plans for it. It will probably be the first room I really put together. That makes sense, right? I mean, I NEED that creative space to be inspired to decorate the new house and truly make it our home. :)

My big plans include making these shelve (there are 5 of them) from my current craft room look less industrial and more beautiful.

 Stay tuned! It shouldn't be too much longer. ;)

Linking up to this party because not blogging is making me crazy!

Meal Plan and WW Update

Tomorrow will be 32 weeks since I reached my goal weight on the Weight Watcher's plan. That's as many weeks as it took me to lose the nearly 50 pounds.
Since mid-March we have been involved in selling our house and buying a new one. This has been exciting, disappointing, fun, sad, exhausting, exhilarating,  etc. The whole experience has involved so much more than I ever would have imagined. And it's not over yet.
Hectic schedules have led to too much eating out and convenience foods.
Stress has led to me eating WAY to much of ALL the wrong foods.
My official weigh in day is tomorrow and I expect to be about 5 pounds above the top end of my ideal weight range. Doesn't sound so bad except it's about 10 pounds above my lowest weigh in since starting WW. I would really rather be back there again.
Support from my friends and family is what helped me achieve the goal in the first place. And also the accountability of reporting on my progress here.
So, there it is, I gained a few pounds back.
But I know how and why. And today I took steps to get back on track.
That started with a good healthy meal plan and restocking the fridge with good, healthy food.

Sat~ Green Salad with chicken breast, cranberries, walnuts, blue cheese and balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
Sun~ Grilled Tilapia with Pico De Gallo and Chimicurri, Rice and Corn on the cob
Mon~ Veggie Teriyaki Stir Fry, Rice
Tue~ Eating out after a meeting
Wed~ Calypso Beef Soup, Bread
Thu~ Veggie and Cheese Omelots, Fresh Fruit
Fri~ Curry Spiced Turkey Meatballs over Lemon Rice, Veggie

P.S. I really miss blogging about projects. This is particularly frustrating because we have found the new house and there are a million projects I want to do for it and blog about. But here we are caught up in the hurry up and wait game that is buying a new house and selling an old one. *sigh* So frustrating. I just want to get busy CREATING things for our new house. Trying to be patient. Hang in there with me. It won't be much longer till I can fire up the sander, the saws,  the sewing machine and a couple hundred cans of spray paint. ;)